When the boy child was 5 years old, he called me ‘Blackie’ and proudly told me that his friend from school told him that ‘Blackie’ was another word for Black people. To say I was shocked, upset, angry was an understatement. That moment, that time the boy child called my a racial slur, was myContinue reading “A chat with Black Moms Connection founder Tanya Hayles”
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When your village gets in formation…
‘It takes a village to raise a child’ Today I spent the day with my extended village at the Alliance of Educators for Black Students Family Conference. It was an amazing. There’s something really inspiring and uplifting about being surrounded by fellow black parents all trying to learn how to support and advocate for theirContinue reading “When your village gets in formation…”
